From Gautam Menon, Walsall, West Midlands, UK
It was interesting to read David Robson’s take on procrastination. Virtually everyone will have experienced trouble getting going with a project, task, report or piece of homework(15 April, p 51).
To explain this as a conditional and subliminal response to fear of failure is illustrative. While methods to mitigate this may include deconstructing the task or asking for help, I am not certain if “strategic indulgence” is a good method. There is probably a fine line between recharging oneself by being indulgent and feeling even more despondent should the indulgence be perceived as having wasted more time.
